Thought I knew my mindLike the back of my handThe gold and the rainbowBut nothing panned out as I plannedAnd they say only milk and honey'sGonna make your soul satisfiedWell I better learn how to swimCause the crossing is chilly and wide

Twisted guardrails on the highwayBroken glass on the cementA ghost of someone's tragedyHow recklessly my time has been spentThey say that it's never too lateBut you don't, you don't get any youngerWell I better learn how to starve the emptinessAnd feed the hunger

Up on the watershedStanding at the fork in the roadYou can stand there and agonizeTill your agony's your heaviest loadYou'll never fly as the crow fliesGet used to a country mileWhen you're learning to faceThe path at your paceEvery choice is worth your while

And there's always retrospect(when you're looking back)To light a clearer pathEvery five years or so I look back on my lifeAnd I have a good laughYou start at the topGo full circle roundCatch a breezeTake a spillBut ending up where I started againMakes me want to stand still

Up on the watershedStanding at the fork in the roadYou can stand there and agonizeTill your agony's your heaviest loadYou'll never fly as the crow fliesGet used to a country mileWhen you're learning to faceThe path at your paceEvery choice is worth your while

Stepping on a crackBreaking up and looking backTil every tree limb overhead just seems to sit and waitTil every step you take becomes a twist of fate

Up on the watershedStanding at the fork in the roadYou can stand there and agonizeTill your agony's your heaviest loadYou'll never fly as the crow fliesGet used to a country mileWhen you're learning to faceThe path at your paceEvery choice is worth your while

Up on the watershedStanding at the fork in the roadYou can stand there and agonizeTill your agony's your heaviest loadYou'll never fly as the crow fliesGet used to a country mileWhen you're learning to faceThe path at your paceEvery choice is worth your while

And when you're learning to faceThe path at your paceEvery choice is worth your while